Objectives
* English offers an exciting, challenging combination of traditional and non-traditional modules, currently ranging from Chaucer and Shakespeare to creative writing and contemporary women’s fiction * English at DMU received a top-ranking score 5(a) for internationally recognised research in the last assessment of all UK universities * Research strengths drive teaching in Shakespeare and the Renaissance, literary adaptations, women’s writing, modernism and electronic scholarship * Work placements help bridge the gap between university and employment * Students are offered the opportunity to meet with contemporary writers such as Matthew Sweeney, Jackie Kay, Ruth Fainlight, Terry Jones, Alan Sillitoe, Patience Agbabi and Andrew Davies.